GPL Results, Standings, and Schedule After Week 5: Big Jump from Sao Paulo

Donnie Peters

May 09, 2016 4 min read Last updated Apr 21, 2020

Welcome to the weekly rundown of the Global Poker League here on PokerNews. In this space, all of the past week's results from the GPL will be listed, followed by league standings and a look at the following week's schedule.

Week 5 of the GPL resulted in bigger movement from the Americas Conference versus the Eurasia Conference, although the leaderboard shifted in both.

In the Americas Conference, the New York Rounders moved into first place following a 13-point week, but it was the jump made by the Sao Paulo Metropolitans that stood out the most. The Mets added 16 points to the season total and jumped three spots to move into second place in the conference and only four points shy of the Rounders. The Mets earned 10 points from the two six-match matches last Tuesday, a result of two second-place finishes for Felipe Mojave. Then in the heads-up portion last Thursday, Thiago Nishijima won two of three matches against Tom Marchese to add another six points.

While the Mets moved up three spots, it was the Montreal Nationals dropping two spots and falling from first to a tie for third in the conference. This was due to an unimpressive four-point week, with only one point gained in the two six-match matches and three points in the heads-up portion from franchise manager Marc-Andre Ladouceur.

In the Eurasia Conference, two couples of teams swapped positions, with the Paris Aviators jumping into first place over the Moscow Wolverines and bumping the Russian squad down to second, and the London Royals jumped into fourth place and bumped the Berlin Bears down to fifth. The Aviators and the Royals both had 14-point weeks, which was the best in the conference.

Of note, the Rome Emperors scored 13 points in the Eurasia Conference, which was the second best in the conference. Although the team still remains in last place, it is now only four points behind fifth-place Berlin, which is a much more manageable gap going into Week 6. That said, the Emperors will have work cut out for them as the team faces the Aviators in next week's heads-up portion.

Week 5 Results

Place	Player	Team	Points
Match 1	6-Max
1	Mike Leah	Paris Aviators	7
2	Todd Brunson	Rome Emperors	5
3	Igor Yaroshevsky	Moscow Wolverines	3
4	Bryan Huang	Hong Kong Stars	2
5	Liv Boeree	London Royals	1
6	Bill Perkins	Berlin Bears	0


Match 2	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Liv Boeree	London Royals	7
2	Igor Yaroshevsky	Moscow Wolverines	5
3	Bill Perkins	Berlin Bears	3
4	Todd Brunson	Rome Emperors	2
5	Mike Leah	Paris Aviators	1
6	Bryan Huang	Hong Kong Stars	0


Match 3	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Tony Gregg	San Francisco Rush	7
2	Felipe Ramos	Sao Paulo Metropolitans	5
3	Tyler Kenney	New York Rounders	3
4	Chance Kornuth	L.A. Sunset	2
5	Chris Moneymaker	Las Vegas Moneymakers	1
6	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	Montreal Nationals	0


Match 4	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Tyler Kenney	New York Rounders	7
2	Felipe Ramos	Sao Paulo Metropolitans	5
3	Jonathan Little	Las Vegas Moneymakers	3
4	Tony Gregg	San Francisco Rush	2
5	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	Montreal Nationals	1
6	Chance Kornuth	L.A. Sunset	0


Match 5	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Max Pescatori	Rome Emperors	2	6
Weiyi Zhang	Hong Kong Stars		1


Match 6	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Igor Kurganov	London Royals	2	6
Bill Perkins	Berlin Bears	1	3


Match 7	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Mike Leah	Paris Aviators	2	6
Anatoly Filatov	Moscow Wolverines	1	3


Match 8	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Thiago Nishijima	Sao Paulo Mets	2	6
Tom Marchese	New York Rounders	1	3


Match 9	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Olivier Busquet	L.A. Sunset	2	6
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	Montreal Nationals	1	3


Match 10	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Jonathan Little	Las Vegas Moneymakers	2	6
Kitty Kuo	San Francisco Rush	1	3

Standings

Place	Team	Points	Wins
Americas Conference
1	New York Rounders	59	5
2	Sao Paulo Metropolitans	55	3
T-3	L.A. Sunset	51	5
T-3	Montreal Nationals	51	5
5	Las Vegas Moneymakers	50	2
6	San Francisco Rush	49	5

Eurasia Conference
Place	Team	Points	Wins
1	Paris Aviators	65	7
2	Moscow Wolverines	64	6
3	Hong Kong Stars	51	4
4	London Royals	49	5
5	Berlin Bears	45	2
6	Rome Emperors	41	1

Next Week's Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Match
May 10	12 p.m.	Eurasia 6-Max
	1:40 p.m.	Eurasia 6-Max
	3:30 p.m.	Americas 6-Max
	5:10 p.m.	Americas 6-Max
May 11	12 p.m.	Hong Kong Stars vs. London Royals
	2:30 p.m.	Berlin Bears vs. Moscow Wolverines
	5 p.m.	Rome Emperors vs. Paris Aviators
May 12	1 p.m.	New York Rounders vs. San Francisco Rush
	3:30 p.m.	Montreal Nationals vs. Sao Paulo Mets
	6 p.m.	L.A. Sunset Las Vegas Moneymakers